1905 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
BallparkPalace of the Fans
CityCincinnati, Ohio
OwnersGarry Herrmann
ManagersJoe Kelley
Seasons

The 1905 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the National League with a record of 79 wins and 74 losses, 26 games behind the New York Giants.

Regular season

The Reds were coming off a third-place finish in 1904, as they went 88–65, eighteen games behind the powerful New York Giants. The 88 wins by Cincinnati was their highest total since 1898.

Player-manager Joe Kelley returned for his fourth season. Kelley moved from first base to the outfield, as the Reds acquired first baseman Shad Barry from the Chicago Cubs very early in the 1905 season. Some other new faces on the team included pitcher Orval Overall, who went 32–25 with a 2.78 ERA in 56 starts with the Tacoma Tigers of the Pacific Coast League in 1904, and pitcher Charlie Chech, who joined Cincinnati from the St. Paul Saints of the American Association. Chech had a 27–8 record in 35 starts.

Cy Seymour had a career season, leading the National League with a .377 batting average, 219 hits, 40 doubles, 21 triples, and driving in 121 runs. Seymour also had eight home runs, second on the club. Fred Odwell led Cincinnati with nine home runs, while he had a .241 average and drove in 65 runs. Miller Huggins hit .273 with a homer and 38 RBI, while scoring a team best 117 runs and walking 103 times. Tommy Corcoran hit only .248, but he had two homers and drove in 85 runs. Barry also played well following his trade from the Cubs, hitting .324 with a homer and 56 RBI with Cincinnati.

With Noodles Hahn missing most of the season due to an injury, Bob Ewing emerged as the ace, going 20–11 with a 2.51 ERA. Orval Overall went 18–23 with a 2.86 ERA in 39 starts in his rookie season, while Charlie Chech went 14–14 with a 2.89 ERA in his first season. In limited action, Hahn was 5–3 with a 2.81 ERA in thirteen games, eight of them starts.

Season summary

The Reds got off to a bad start in 1905, going 12–16 in their opening twenty-eight games, sitting in fifth place, 10.5 games behind the New York Giants. To make matters worse, the Reds lost ace pitcher Noodles Hahn to an arm injury. Cincinnati stayed around the .500 mark until going on an eight-game winning streak to up their record to 32–24, and found themselves in third place, 6.5 games back. The team then won only three of thirteen games to fall back into fifth, 14.5 games behind the Giants. The Reds played out the rest of the season in fifth place, as they finished with a 79–74 record, 26 games behind New York.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 10548 0.686 — 54–21 51–27
Pittsburgh Pirates 9657 0.627 9 49–28 47–29
Chicago Cubs 9261 0.601 13 54–25 38–36
Philadelphia Phillies 8369 0.546 21½ 39–36 44–33
Cincinnati Reds 7974 0.516 26 50–28 29–46
St. Louis Cardinals 5896 0.377 47½ 32–45 26–51
Boston Beaneaters 51103 0.331 54½ 29–46 22–57
Brooklyn Superbas 48104 0.316 56½ 29–47 19–57

Record vs. opponents

1905 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —11–11–17–158–143–195–17–19–138–14
Brooklyn 11–11–1—6–164–187–153–18–17–14–110–12
Chicago 15–716–6—12–1010–1212–9–110–12–117–5
Cincinnati 14–818–410–12—5–16–213–99–1310–12
New York 19–315–712–1016–5–2—14–812–1017–5
Philadelphia 17–5–118–3–19–12–19–138–14—6–1616–6
Pittsburgh 13–914–7–112–10–113–910–1216–6—18–4
St. Louis 14–812–105–1712–105–176–164–18—

Roster

1905 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CAdmiral Schlei9931471.226136
1BShad Barry125494160.324156
2BMiller Huggins149564154.273138
SSTommy Corcoran151605150.248285
3BHarry Steinfeldt114384104.271139
OFCy Seymour149581219.3778121
OFFred Odwell130468113.241965
OFJoe Kelley9032189.277137

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Al Bridwell8225464.252017
Jimmy Sebring5821762.286228
Ed Phelps4415636.231018
Gabby Street319323.24708
Cozy Dolan227718.23404
Cliff Blankenship195611.19607
Johnny Siegle175617.30418
Bill Hinchman175113.255010
Mike Mowrey7308.26706

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Orval Overall42318.018232.86173
Bob Ewing40311.220112.51164
Jack Harper26179.19133.8670
Tom Walker23144.2973.2428
Rip Vowinkel645.1334.177

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Charlie Chech39267.214142.8979
Noodles Hahn1377.0532.8117
Ollie Johns418.0103.508

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ernie Baker10004.501

References

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